A severe lack of sleep, a brain that’s working overtime, having work that’s hard to take a break from, becoming horribly sick because of some stupid bacteria that had the guts to get comfortable inside my body, having to change my daughters sheets five times in one night because she got sick 24 hours later, visiting press events while I should have been lying under a blanket, and taking care of my husband (who turned sick 48 hours later). You’ll understand: it wasn’t the easiest week.

And yet here I am, late at night, writing a post behind my computer. After I woke up super early this morning, fed and dressed my daughter with a bit of a struggle, handled lots of emails, took care of the laundry, worked on my website, eliminated a pile of dishes, went to the dentist and worked my way through a mountain of paperwork because I had to do my taxes.

I sure don’t feel like it at the moment, but it’s definitely true. I’m a Power Mom. Yep. Because I manage to keep 1001 things up and running. Business and in private. While my energy level is far below zero. I think that every parent can confirm: having a child means that you’ll have to deal with so much more than ever before. And yet you deal with it. Because you have to. No idea where we get the energy from, but the fact that we keep on going sure is pretty damn amazing. Period.

And as for that shitty week; after rain comes sunshine right? Babies give up the fight against the sleep and take off to dreamland, your body wins the war against that dumb bacteria and the lack of sleep slowly diminishes. And even though it’s weekend tomorrow, your child doesn’t like to sleep in so you will have to get up early, her tummy is craving for food, the playground awaits, the dishes have piled up again and oh, you also have to translate this post because now you really have no energy left.